515 Kitchen & Cocktails

Sign at door was uninviting and incorrect. Staff offhandedly said, grab a seat anywhere, as if I was an interruption, it took ten minutes to get an iced tea and it was brunch with only 1/3 full.

Great cocktails, excellent dj's. but a bar that doesn't allow you in for a drink before 10:30pm? How about you finish your patio instead of turning "50-100 people away at the door" each night? And how about you don't pretend that your capacity policy is a "long standing" policy that "you would know about if you were a local"? Dear 515, your bouncer lost you this long-standing patron's business. (and yes, despite your bouncer's assessment, we are in fact locals...)

The food here is good but this is why you get one star... We are in the middle of enjoying our dinner when all of a sudden am on a coughing spell...this restaurant allows smoking right in front of their door & keep their door open. I run outside for air as soon as I notice the smoking, thinking its coming from the upstairs bar I rushed outside for fresh air when I get trapped in a cloud of smoke from people smoking right outside the door! It baffles me that the restaurant management allow this. I report it to the waitress who only excuses the smokers because "its not allowed on the other side of the street" all while I was gasping for air as am highly allergic to smoke & asthmatic. No apology & no asking if I needed further help. Furthermore I was still enjoying my meal. We had to rush the waiter to get our bill so we can get out before I could breath no more...unacceptable!

I started to write this review on 10/09/12, the night it happened and did not publish it as after this event with the asthma attack was in and out of the hospital for a whole month. If you are sensitive to smoke, do not come here. The food was very good. I wish I had the opportunity to finish my meal.